Eco-Rom Ambalaje Magazine No.11, February - April 2014 | Page 2

ecovoice

Editorial
recycling is in

changes in legislation

ordEr no. 192/2014
ana maria donos
technical and legal consulting

sorin cristian Popescu
General manager
Looking back at our achievements
in 2013 and early 2014, one cannot help but notice the invigorating
effect of an increase in
Eco-Rom Ambalaje’s number of
clients and volume of processed
materials, for the future development of our company. All our actions and achievements since
2003, as well as the recognized
quality of our services to the industry, led to a substantial growth of
our client portfolio. Thus, in the first
couple of months of 2014, 200
other companies decided to assign
their packaging recycling quota to
us, bringing the total number of
companies benefiting from our
services this year to over 3,100.
ﬔis situation will also be reflected
by the volume of Eco-Rom Ambalaje
licensed packaging, where we estimate a 7 percent increase from the
packaging quantities licensed last
year. The quantity of waste that entered the system from our client
companies in 2013 was 21 percent
higher than the previous year,
which has a regenerative effect on
the recycling industry. We expect
this trend to continue in 2014 as
well. To be prepared for that the future has in store, we will continue
to develop our service portfolio and
to make our activities even more
efficient. We wish to assure our
clients that we can cover all of their
specific waste and packaging
waste management needs,
whether generated by changes in
national legislation or by the current economic environment.

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n February 21, 2014, Order 192
came in effect, aimed at
amending Order no. 578/2006
of the Minister of Environment and
Water Management for the approval of
Calculation Methods for Taxes and Fees
Due to the Environment Fund.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT CHANGES ORDER 192/2014
PROVIDES:
1. Regarding companies that release
reusable packaging on the market:
>> Requirement to apply a storage system for all companies using reusable
packaging;
>> Requirement to have accounting
records of the value of reusable packaging;
>> In the case of reusable packaging the
value of which is not clearly specified
in relevant documents and which is
returned to outside suppliers, this
packaging shall be registered with accounting by attribution of a guaranteed value.
2. Regarding companies that meet
their own packaging recycling and recovery targets individually:
GENERAL TERMS: To contribute to meeting targets of recovery or incineration in
energy recovery incineration units, the
said companies’ own packaging waste
must be:
>> registered with accounting as separate stock accounts;
>> given a fair accounting value.
Own packaging waste can be taken into
account as contributing to the fulfillment
of recovery or incineration targets in the
following four situations:
i. The companies’ own packaging waste
is recovered/incinerated in energy recovery incineration units by the companies’
own means.
ii. The packaging waste is entrusted to a

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company that recovers waste or owns an
energy recovery incineration unit, based
on a contract. This waste must be the
subject of a cumulative transaction, as
follows:
>> own packaging waste sale-purchase
transaction
>> service agreement for the recovery of
packaging waste
iii. Packaging waste made of wood is entrusted to natural persons as alternative
fuel, based on an invoice.
iv. Own packaging waste that cannot be
the subject of a sale-purchase transaction, absent of market demand, must be
the cumulative subject of:
>> a waste pickup service agreement
>> a packaging waste recovery service
agreement.
Both services must be provided companies that can recover waste or own an
energy recovery incineration unit.
3. Regarding companies that meet
packaging waste recovery and recycling targets by assigning responsibility to third parties:
As of March, Eco-Rom Ambalaje will include in its monthly target fulfillment reports both the quantities of packaging
waste recovered/incinerated with energy
recovery, as well as all the information
regarding the names and codes of recovery operations packaging waste is subjected to, per type of material.
4. Regarding companies that wish
to sign a responsibility transfer
agreement:
Starting February 21, 2014, no responsibility transfer agreement can be signed
by a company that does not have a Certificate of Fiscal Dues to the Environment Fund. The attesting certificate for
companies’ dues to the Environment
Fund is issued by the Administration of
the Environment Fund on demand,
within 10 working days since the request
was filed, on condition that the companies’ fiscal statement is updated and
correct and valid for 30 days since issuance.

Eco-rom ambalaje is also offering its customers information regarding the names and codes of recovery
operations packaging waste is subjected to, per type of material.